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    "id": 1526105,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui East,WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "is basically because the Auditor-General should be an annex of this House. The work of the Auditor-General is to help this House do proper oversight because they give us information. That being the case, I do not know at what point we decided that this Bill should be looked at by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, which normally looks at issues of the National Treasury. From where I sit and I might be misinformed because I am not a lawyer, I thought because we are guarded as a House, we should make sure that we do not expose the Auditor-General to the interaction with the National Treasury. I think that is good for democracy and for all the purposes of our oversight role as a House. So, even as we discuss the Public Audit (Amendment) Bill, there is a gap in that we might not have communicated effectively the objects of this Bill. The Leader of the Majority Party should have taken a bit of time to do that so that we do not allow Kenyans out there to comment on a Bill which they do not understand. I submit, Hon. Speaker."
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